Aug-07-02
 | | refutor: 12.Qe1?! was an inaccuracy by bohatirchuk, current theory gives 12.Nxa5 avoiding the doubled pawns. after 12. ... Nxb3 13.cxb3 white will have to weaken his position greatly to keep black from capturing that pawn. plus now in the endgame, black's 2 queenside pawns can hold against white's 3 queenside pawns, and black has an advantage on the kingside. |
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| Feb-25-03 | | kostich in time: A rare black Sicilian by Capa..played effortlessly and with quiet elegance.Interestingly, its in neither of the two major Capablanca anthologies, reinfeld or Golombek...you can find it in 500 master games of chess, by Tartakower and Dumont |
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| Feb-26-03 | | mdorothy: I think white lost with 24. Nxd5. Any move suggestions? I can't really find an idea that I like. |
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| Feb-26-03 | | Spitecheck: How's about h3? Lets see Bxd4 hxg4 Be3 yuck. He's already lost before he played Nd5. Maybe Bxc5 but I doubt it. |
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Jul-23-04
 | | Calli: Very modern looking Sicilian. Agree with <refutor>, Black begins to attack the dark squares after 12.Qe1?! Nxb3. Bohatirchuk evidently missed 25...Kf8! which refutes 24.Nxd5? Capablanca rarely missed such moves. White has to play 24.Bxc5 and try to salvage a draw. |
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| Oct-10-05 | | ConfusedPatzer: Too bad Capa didn't use the sicilian more often. |
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| Dec-30-05 | | Whitehat1963: Killer of a complex exchange to end the game. Great fun. |
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| Dec-05-08 | | cn1ght: Just a thought, but 16 N-d5 looks like it gives White a slightly better game to me... if 16... exd5 17 exd5 and White regains his piece whereas if the knight is allowed to take the bishop on e7 then White has 2 bishops... Again, if exd5 then the board opens up but White's Bishops seem better placed to me... But it's still a whole game to not lose of course. |
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| Dec-05-08 | | AnalyzeThis: It's an interesting move. I wonder how the game would have proceeded after your suggestion? |
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| Dec-05-08 | | desiobu: cn1ght: after 17...Nxd5 18. Bd5 both sides have the bishop pair, and white either has to surrender the long diagonal or trade. |
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Dec-05-08
| | Calli: Interesting idea, but after 16.Nd5 exd5 17.exd5 Nxd5 18.Bxd5 Qd7, I might lean to Black because the d pawn is passed and White's doubled Qside pawns could be attacked, Bf6 etc.. |
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| Jan-15-11 | | BobCrisp: <Capa> annotated this game in his usual sparse style for the January 1926 <Kagans Neuste Schachnachrichten>. After 6...e6, he opines: <This is now regarded as the only playable variation of the Sicilian Defense.> |
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sac: 26...Bxd4
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buttons, but it's much easier to simply use the left and right arrow keys on your keyboard.